Two-page letter from J. W. Maybin of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to John S. Brien. The letter requests legal advice from John S. Brien, "one of the first legal minds in the United States," regarding his legal options after having seen much of his...

This letter was written by Pvt. Sumner F. Slaton, Co. K, 21st Ky. Inf. Regt., USA to his mother Frances L. Slaton in Hopkinsville, Ky. Pvt. Slaton was hired as a substitute for a man who had been drafted. Slaton discusses the fall of Charleston, SC...